potty training yet?

ok so wow i havent been on here since like my son was born in december lol. and lot has changed... but im about to have my daughter any day and am dreading two kids in diapers at the same time..... my son is almost 19 months old, and is very smart, so my question is has anyone attempted potty training thier toddlers yet? and if di you have a problem with the child being afirad of the potty chair?? my son will pee on things outside if i take his diaper off but inside he is still afriad of his potty chair and the real toilet... i know he is ready to start becuase he is trying to take his diaper off on his own to pee on things.... im just having some issues with him going in a toilet and not peeeing on things like a dog does.... :/ any tips or advice would be great!

ok so wow i havent been on here since like my son was born in december lol. and lot has changed... but im about to have my daughter any day and am dreading two kids in diapers at the same time..... my son is almost 19 months old, and is very smart, so my question is has anyone attempted potty training thier toddlers yet? and if di you have a problem with the child being afirad of the potty chair?? my son will pee on things outside if i take his diaper off but inside he is still afriad of his potty chair and the real toilet... i know he is ready to start becuase he is trying to take his diaper off on his own to pee on things.... im just having some issues with him going in a toilet and not peeeing on things like a dog does.... :/ any tips or advice would be great!

i actually asked Elizas doc at her 15 month visit he said wait till at least 18 months. At her 18 month visit he told me the signs to look for that she was ready. He said that if she was physically going to a different area to go the bathroom (pooping) and wouldn't come near us or shied away it meant that she was possibly ready to start trying. HE said doing it before that could set her back a little bit. We're getting closer i thin because i notice she is starting to making going the bathroom much more obvious now and starting to go to into a diff area when she goes.

Congrats on your soon to be daughter btw :) We've got a son on the way in October and i'm dreading the thought of 2 in diapers myself lol, so i'm hoping that potty training is going to start very soon as well.

Hugs to you,Kathy

i actually asked Elizas doc at her 15 month visit he said wait till at least 18 months. At her 18 month visit he told me the signs to look for that she was ready. He said that if she was physically going to a different area to go the bathroom (pooping) and wouldn't come near us or shied away it meant that she was possibly ready to start trying. HE said doing it before that could set her back a little bit. We're getting closer i thin because i notice she is starting to making going the bathroom much more obvious now and starting to go to into a diff area when she goes.

Congrats on your soon to be daughter btw :) We've got a son on the way in October and i'm dreading the thought of 2 in diapers myself lol, so i'm hoping that potty training is going to start very soon as well.

Eliza Marie - 4/28/2011--this is my first lil one born Dec 2009 ---she is just a joy and the light of my life.

Eliza Marie born 12/1/2009 4:49 pm 6lbs 10 oz --20 inches long

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Posted: Jun-13 01:21 PM (3 of 8)

thanks.. jeremys doctor was really vague about the potty training issue she just said whenever he is ready.. and i am like how will i know hes ready and the whole fear of the toilet and kiddy toilets.. im not sure how to get him over that.. i know hes ready now becuase he trys to go outside when he playing,.... hell pull his pants down and try to take his diaper off, and if i take his diaper off he will pee on like the trees and bushes in the back yard( which is fenced with a giant privacy fence so hes not flashing the neighbors :)) but he wont even try sitting on any toilet big or small... he just freaks out.. im not sure how to deal with that aspect of it....

thanks.. jeremys doctor was really vague about the potty training issue she just said whenever he is ready.. and i am like how will i know hes ready and the whole fear of the toilet and kiddy toilets.. im not sure how to get him over that.. i know hes ready now becuase he trys to go outside when he playing,.... hell pull his pants down and try to take his diaper off, and if i take his diaper off he will pee on like the trees and bushes in the back yard( which is fenced with a giant privacy fence so hes not flashing the neighbors :)) but he wont even try sitting on any toilet big or small... he just freaks out.. im not sure how to deal with that aspect of it....

Does your potty have a soft seat? I got one from Walmart and I think its a Safety First. It has a little soft seat that is all nice and cushiony for a little bum. I would put the potty in the livingroom (or wherever is a a comfy place) and just let your LO play with it and get used to it. What we do is: After we get out of the tub, we go play in the nude for a little while and I put his favorite show on and grab a book or something to flip through... He hasnt gone yet, but he has sat on the potty for a few mintues... I have notice that he always poops after his breakfast so I am going to try him tomorrow. Hopefully we have some success!

I've thought of pull ups and having the potty in the bathroom and having him sit on the potty when I go to the potty... I dont know if he would associate the 2 though....

Good luck!

Does your potty have a soft seat? I got one from Walmart and I think its a Safety First. It has a little soft seat that is all nice and cushiony for a little bum. I would put the potty in the livingroom (or wherever is a a comfy place) and just let your LO play with it and get used to it. What we do is: After we get out of the tub, we go play in the nude for a little while and I put his favorite show on and grab a book or something to flip through... He hasnt gone yet, but he has sat on the potty for a few mintues... I have notice that he always poops after his breakfast so I am going to try him tomorrow. Hopefully we have some success!

I've thought of pull ups and having the potty in the bathroom and having him sit on the potty when I go to the potty... I dont know if he would associate the 2 though....

It basically involves going cold turkey diaperless and whisking the baby to the potty when they start to go then reinforcing with a lot of praise when they get anything in the potty. Within a day or two they should take themselves to the potty. It involves a weekend of very intensive nothing but potty training but is apparenlty worth it in the end. Good luck!

I'm from the Jan. 2010 board and am just about to start training my daughter. A friend of mine trained her son by 17 months and highly rec'd this method:

It basically involves going cold turkey diaperless and whisking the baby to the potty when they start to go then reinforcing with a lot of praise when they get anything in the potty. Within a day or two they should take themselves to the potty. It involves a weekend of very intensive nothing but potty training but is apparenlty worth it in the end. Good luck!

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